Imagine that you are standing on top of a hill watching an approaching storm. Now imagine that the storm coming has turned into a massive tornado and you need to run for shelter immediately. This is the dilemma that Helicity has found herself in. Before Helicity can get to safety she is thrown from her horse and beaten down with hail. She thinks she is in bad shape until she finds out that her house has been destroyed and her brother is in the hospital. Her brother, Andy, has a scholarship to play football at Michigan State, but when he goes out in the storm to search for Helicity, his car is destroyed and so is his throwing arm. He has to have emergency surgery and all hopes of a college football career have mostly gone up in flames. Helicity feels so guilty but this tragedy has not diminished her obsession with weather. Actually it has intensified it. She wants to grow up and become a meteorologist and storm chaser. It is a dream come true when she actually meets a real life storm chaser, Lana, and her protege, Sam. Lana and Sam take her under their wings to tutor her so that she can get in advanced classes for the upcoming school year. Lana becomes an instant friend and Sam becomes and instant crush. Sam is wild and reckless and that scares Helicity but she is so drawn to him. When Lana asks Sam and Helicity to go on a storm chasing trip for the summer, Helicity is beyond excited and somehow she convinces her parents to let her go. This is a dream trip for Helicity but when dream turns to tragedy, Helicity's life will forever be changed. Will Sam's recklessness endanger all of their lives? Will Helicity lose her love of weather on this dangerous trip? Will Andy's arm heal enough for him to earn his spot back of the football team or will his life nosedive out of control? Read this electrifying book to find out all of these answers.

I absolutely loved this book! Helicity's courage at the age of fourteen is incredible. She never waivers from her love of weather, even when her own father is against it. She also knows what it will take to achieve her dream and she studies hard to make it happen. Ginger Zee does a fantastic job of weaving together weather facts, family problems, first crush feelings, possible drug addiction, danger, and near-death experiences. This book has it all and then some! Do not miss it!! and Get ready because book 2 Chasing Helicity Into the Wind ​comes out April 2019!!

What would you do if you got to meet your favorite television star? What if that same television star asked you to go on a ride with him chase a storm? Sounds cool, right? That is sure what Dex thought. His older brother, who is also his best friend, is away on a secret training mission for the Navy SEAL’s. Dex misses him so much so when this opportunity to go storm chasing with the famous television star, Dr. Gage, Dex jumps at the chance. Little does Dex know that soon he is going to have to be just as brave as his big brother. Lauren Tarshis weaves fiction and nonfiction into a story that had me holding my breath to see how it would end. I gave this book 5 stars because she does such a fantastic job giving disastrous details in a way that every kid can read and not be scared. If you liked this book, Tarshis has 11 more fantastic books, and more to come.​

I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011 PowerPoint

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Are you in love with Lauren Tarshis' I Survived books like I am? I Survived The Joplin Tornado 2011 is a fantastic fiction book that includes real-life facts. I have created a 31 slide PowerPoint presentation that correlates with the book to aid in comprehension as you read aloud to your class. Each slide has fade in/fade out animation so that you can show the question before the answer appears.